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VEGETABLE SLICER Filed Feb. 12, 1956 Patented June l, 1937 'y 'UlSll'I'ED STATES P'AATEN`T"LQFF|CE 20825'24j 1 .ll'l. VEGETABL spleen Robert L.se11, oc'anrprt, no," 'l Application February 12, 1936,.;7Serial 653,611

My invention relates torthat class of vegetable ,Slicers in which there is 'a body portion with an opening extending from its upper to itslower surface, anda `series of blades'extended across said opening and so arranged that vegetables pushed down through the opening-will be sliced. Y'

Heretoforel vegetable rslicers of this character `have usually been made of metal and by the 'use lofl dies, tools and special machinery con# structed for that purpose,"and they have been rel- :atively'expensiva i r yMy object -is to provide a vegetable slicer of this :class which may be fwholly constructed'of a series of wooden strips, a series of blades, each blade being'ormed 'ofahalf of a used Safety razor blade, which blades may be readily and easily broken along a longitudinal central line, and two bolts for clamping the parts together, all of which materials are of cheap and inexpensive character and may be readily and easily obtained in almost any locality; and my object is further to provide a vegetable slicer of this character in which all of the work in preparing the parts of a vegetable slicer and assembling said parts may be quickly and easily accomplished by hand labor with the use of ordinary tools found in almost any locality.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a vegetable slicer embodying my invention;

Figure 2 shows a sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 shows a sectional View on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of one side portion of the vegetable slicer detached and illustrating the bolts and the manner in which the blades are held positioned by the' bolts.

Referring to the accompanying drawing it will be seen that my improved vegetable slicer comprises a combined body and handle portion constructed wholly of six strips of flat material, preferably soft wood, some of the strips being cut away to form an opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface of the body. The two outer strips are indicated by the numeral I0, and between them are the strips II at one end, which terminate at said opening, and the strips I2 which extend from the other en-d o the combined body and handle portion and terminate at the opening. Obviously this entirestruc- -tureof the combined body and handle-portion may be* manufactured by hand with the use of an ordinary saw to out' the strips ofi to the proper lengths, yandno machining is necessary. 1 f

The blades, indicated by the numeral I3, are each formed of a half of a used safety razor blade, andthese safety razor blades are commonly constructed with two openings along the longitudinal central line of the' blade, and I 'have found `.that the blades may be readily brokenalong a longitudinal central line, and when thusbroken two blades are formed of one safety' -razorblade and eachof fthese: two blades has at -one edge, two

For assembling the wooden strips andflblad'es I have provided two bolts I5. These bolts, as shown in Figure 2, are inclined upwardly from one side to the other, and, as shown in Figure 3, one of them is nearer the upper surface of the body than the other. Each of the wooden strips I0 is formed with openings to receive said bolts, and nuts I6 are provided for the bolts.

In assembling, the operator simply passes the bolts through'the openings in the strips at one side, and then places a blade against the side of a strip with its notches engaging the bolt, and then another wooden strip, another blade, and so on, and after the parts are assembled the nuts are tightened and the soft wood yields suciently so that the relatively thin ends of the safety razor blades are to some extent imbedded into the soft wood, and thereby firmly and securely clamped in position.

The only pressure which is applied to the blades is in a downward direction when vegetables are pushed against the cutting edge of the blades, and since the bolts firmly engage the notches on the under edges of the blades, the blades are iirmly held against downward movement, and all other movement of the blades is prevented by the clamping of the blades and the pressing of the blades to some extent into the soit material of the strips. When the blades are thus assembled the blade at one side will be higher than the blades in the center and at the other side, and one end of each blade will be higher than the other end. I have found this to be very advanta geous because when a vegetable to be sliced is drawing cut which, as is well known, offers very little resistance to the cutting of the vegetable.

I have demonstrated that the materials of which my improved vegetable slicer is made can be easily found in almost any locality, the wooden strips being of very inexpensive character and the cutting blades being composed of used razor blades of almost no market value. I have also demonstrated that the work of sawing off the wooden strips to proper length, boring the two holes therein and breaking the safety razor blades before described can be easily accomplished by an unskilled Workman with ordinary tools found in almost any locality, with the result that by means of my improvement these vegetable slicers may be manufactured and delivered to the homes at a cost many times less than that of any vegetable slicer heretofore manufactured.

Instead of using the bolts herein described, I have found that a satisfactory vegetable slicer may be made by iusing nails or rods of suitable size, and driving them through the Wooden strips or through the openings to receive the bolts, and

this lessens to some extent they cost of materials and construction and assembly of theparts.

In the event that the blades should become y In use, my improvement provides a useful slicer for vegetables of all kinds, but is especially valuable when used for stringing beans.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vegetable slicer comprising a combined body and handle formed of a series of wooden strips having an opening therein extending from the upper surface to the under surface thereof, two bolts extended laterally through the body on opposite-sides of said opening, one being nearer the under surface of the body than the other and both being inclined upwardly from one side f of the body to the other, a series of blades having notches on their under surfaces and having their end portions extended between said wooden strips with their notched portions engaging said bolts, and nuts for said bolts whereby the blades may be firmly clamped between the wooden strips.

2. A vegetable slicer comprising a combined lbody and handle formed of a series of wooden strips having an opening therein extending from the upper surface to the under surface thereof, two bolts extended laterally through the body on opposite sides of said opening, one being nearer the under surface of the body than the other and both being inclined upwardly from one side of the body to the other, a series of blades formed from safety razor blades broken into two parts along a central longitudinal line through the openings formed therein, thus forming notches in the under edges of said blades, said blades having their ends between said'strips andtheir notches engaging said bolts for accurately positioning said blades.

ROBERT L. SELL. 

